Cassandra found no other explanation, especially when she linked this event with the previous one concerning the power bank.
Gerald was indeed a strange person. He lived a very secretive life.
‘Thinking back, Gerald was the first to learn about the incident back when I was first brought into the hotel. Because of him, I was saved just in time.’
‘I also found Gerald’s power bank in Flynn’s car. The same happened this time. Gerald was the first to realize that misfortune had befallen us, which led to the four of us being saved in the nick of time. Even Gerald’s coat and phone were there!’
‘At first, it seemed that Mr. Crawford was the one orchestrating all this, but this time, his attention went to Naomi instead.’
‘And Gerald currently has a good relationship with Naomi!’
‘He even beat up the vice president of the student union the other day! What happened in the end? Come to think of it, the department director was respectful toward Gerald!’
‘He’s filthy rich now and we don’t even know how or when it happened!’
‘But most importantly… Gerald shares the same surname with Mr. Crawford!’
‘Oh god. If Gerald was indeed Mr. Crawford, everything would make sense now!’
Cassandra’s face turned pale as her onslaught of thoughts ended.
Even Felicity and the others were catching up to the same conclusion.
They were left completely astonished.
“Is… Gerald really Mr. Crawford? Then is he Ordinary Man too?” Felicity asked in a nervous and low voice.
“I don’t know, but that’s very likely to be the case!” said Cassandra, her voice weak. “But we shouldn’t be nervous. We can observe Gerald secretly until we’re sure of his identity. We can then decide what to do about it!” Cassandra said, trying to calm herself.
It had never occurred to her that she would end up falling in love with Gerald.
The meal became a strange one, with many of the girls filled with anxiety.
Meanwhile, Gerald was already at the villa. He started up the engine of his high-end limousine before driving off to pick his sister’s butler and her other subordinates up.
He had heard that his family had sent them over, and that each of them held quite a privileged status in his family.
Gerald had never taken a plane before, so he didn’t know what an airport arrival gate looked like.
Did he need to hold a sign up and wait at the arrival gate?
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